Table 7.

Multiplex-polymerase chain reaction [23–27]

Study	Diagnosis	Multiplex-polymerase chain reaction
		Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Bhawsar et al	Pulmonary tuberculosis	93.1	96.5
Kulkarni et al	Pulmonary tuberculosis	81.7	97.3
Dahiya et al	Pleural tuberculosis	89.6	96.7
Hallur et al	Peritoneal tuberculosis	75.7	100
Hallur et al	Intestinal tuberculosis	87.5	96.4
Sharma et al	Intestinal tuberculosis	77.5	100
Malik et al	Intestinal tuberculosis	87.5	100